Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Al, I looked at some of my early work. Here is one that would not have been possible with the Brownie. http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Cigar+Box/Donna02sm+53.jpg.html Thanks for asking. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 6/8/2015 1:49 PM, al crouch wrote: > A very attractive shot, Jim. > Looking back, did the Leica give you a quantum leap in the quality of your > photographs? Or just more settings to work with? 8=) > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> Sent: Jun 7, 2015 2:24 PM >> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>, Olympus Camera >> Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: The Beginning >> >> When my wife and I settled into an apartment in Dayton, OH in 1951, I >> was a raw USAF 2nd Lieutenant, with no car, and very little in the way >> of possessions. We had received a Kodak Brownie Flash 620 camera as a >> wedding gift. Our idle time was often spent walking in the Salem Avenue >> neighborhood, and the Dayton Art Institute was within our path. This is >> one of my first photographs, scanned from an album print that was more >> than 50 years old. This is how it all began for me, and within a year I >> had a used Leica IIIa and a growing love of photography. >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dayton+Art+Institute+1951+Revisited.jpg.html >> >> Comments welcomed. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >